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Practical sampling

Sampling is fundamental to nearly every study in the social and policy sciences, yet clear, concise guidance for practitioners and graduate students has been difficult to find. Practical Sampling provides guidance for researchers dealing with the everyday problems of sampling. Using the practical design approach Henry integrates sampling into the overall research design and explains the interrelationships between research design and sampling choices. He lays out alternatives and implications of the choices using four detailed examples to illustrate the alternatives selected and the trade-offs made by applied researchers.

The author uses a narrative, conceptual approach throughout the book; mathematical presentations are limited to necessary formulas; and calculations are kept to the absolute minimum, making it an easily approachable book for any researcher, student or professional across the social sciences.

About the author (1990)

GARY T. HENRY is professor of policy studies and political science at Georgia State University. GEORGE JULNES is Visiting Research Specialist at the Institute for Public Affairs, University of Illinois at Springfield. MELVIN M. MARK is professor of psychology at Pennsylvania State University.